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0 pointsNextgrid5y ago0 comments

It's still pretty misleading.

They are supposed to be the experts (in the eyes of non-technical people) and if you don't have the skills to understand how the attack works it's reasonable (or at least used to be reasonable) to consider that the risk is minimal if "experts" do not believe it's bad.

This response lures their users into a false sense of security.

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Judgmentality5y ago

> This response lures their users into a false sense of security.

That's the entire point of their response though. If all you ever had to do was tell people the truth, PR wouldn't be a thing.

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0 pointsNextgrid5y ago0 comments

It's still pretty misleading.

This response lures their users into a false sense of security.

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Judgmentality5y ago

> This response lures their users into a false sense of security.

That's the entire point of their response though. If all you ever had to do was tell people the truth, PR wouldn't be a thing.

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